Geology 101

***Week 5***


Monday, October 27
Intrusive igneous Rocks
Plate Tectonics and the Sierra Nevada

Reading for Monday: Sections 6.5-6.6 (p. 147-152) contain some good material on intrusive rocks.  Take special note of figure 6.14.
 

Wednesday, October 29
Accretionary Tectonics

Reading for Wednesday: Read the selection on accreted terranes in chapter 11 (p. 339 and figure 11.31).  We�ll see an excellent video on the topic for the second half of lecture.
 

Friday, October 31  Midterm Review

On to week 6